My thoughts on the future,based on watching there NFCW with the hometown Cards.
The Seahawk myth has been punctured. They are a great Defense but possess a very mediocre Offense.
Their Offense doesn't possess a conventional QB who can stand in the pocket and deliver a good passing game. Wilson is Fran Tarkenton II; and Wilson won some games with a great D just like Tark did, with the Purple People Eaters. Both need the Great D to hold opponents scoring to the level the Offense can equal and surpass, namely the low 20s.
But the Offense was always carried by the Defense and the team never really won the Big One. (although they did in 2013).
The Seahawk Offense is one great RB and just competency elsewhere, incapable of scoring much more than the mid 20s. Aside from Wilson and Lynch where are the Offensive stars? The team isn't deep anywhere except on the Defensive front 7. Even there leaks appear to be springing up.
Belichick even revealed weaknesses hitherto unseen in the Hawk D. Their "Big CBs" can be out-quicked by agile smaller receivers. Their fabled blitz Pass Rush can be neutralized by a running game and dink and dunk with YAC.
I expect that the Hawks will have trouble beating the Cards and Rams when they have healthy QBs; and even the 49ers, with the fraud Kaepernik exposed, could give them a tussle next season. First to Last in the NFCW is not unreasonable, in 2015.
OTOH, BB has been reconstructing a Super Bowl winner since 2009, after the dynastic players grew old and had to be replaced. He did this while still winning,
He has one now, with a Great Defense top to bottom. The Offense is merely good, but has stars in Brady, Gronk, Edelman, and the tackles. He even took a miss-shapen Team to a SB berth in 2011, amidst the rebuilding.
The 2014 Patriot edition was not as good as the 2015 and 2016 editions will likely be. A deeper more talented Offensive line is in the offing, along with more mature receiving talent and likely even better RBBC talent, too.